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NRSG 832: Nurse Midwifery in the Neonatal Period & Practicum (1)
Synthesis of the nurse-midwifery philosophy for well neonates is conceptualized. Health maintenance models of care for infant client systems up to the first 28 days of life are included. Research, ethics, legal and political issues, nutrition, pharmacotherapeutics, health promotion, and selected high-risk deviation from normal are included. Clinical competencies for nurse-midwifery management of well neonates up to first 28 days of life are developed. Management experiences include the nurse-midwifery role in collaboration, co-management, and referral, as needed, during the early newborn period. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 830, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 833: Managing Clinical Research Projects (3)
This course is designed to help nurses develop in-depth knowledge of good clinical practices and federal regulations, as well as to develop a strong foundation for the management of clinical research program. Regulatory, administrative, and ethical issues will be presented as well as the daily operational requirements of managing a clinical research office. Completion of this course prepares one for clinical research professional national certification. Prerequisites: RN licensure, graduate level, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 834: Nurse-Midwifery in Women's Health Care Practicum (2)
The nurse midwifery management process is applied. Development of beginning competencies for promotion and clinical nurse-midwifery management of well women client systems seeking gynecologic, contraceptive, health promotion, and maintenance services are included. Nurse-midwifery students experience delivery of care in independent practice environments as well as collaboration, co-management, and referral when medically necessary. Prerequisites: NRSG 830, or consent of instructor. Corequisites: NRSG 835, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 835: Primary Women's Health Care Across the Lifespan (3)
Psychological, sociological, and physiological issues of health and human functioning of the female client systems across the lifespan are explored. Theory and research-based therapeutic management of acute, episodic, and chronic conditions that occur in community based women and their families will be planned. Professional values including standards of practice, certification, cultural, legal and ethical issues, and professional roles will be addressed. The health care delivery system will be analyzed for cost effectiveness and sensitivity to women. Corequisites: NRSG 815, NRSG 817, NRSG 834, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 836: Nurse Midwifery in the Intrapartal and Post Partum Period (3)
Nurse-midwifery care of uncomplicated mother/infant client systems through the intrapartal, postpartal, and neonatal period are presented and analyzed. Intrapartal and Postpartal complications and emergency events are addressed. Complementary practice models demonstrating various management modalities are described. Concepts of research, ethics, legal and political issues, nutrition, pharmacotherapeutics, health promotion, and selected high-risk deviation from normal are included. Prerequisites: NRSG 830, or consent of instructor. Prerequisite/Corequisite: NRSG 832. LEC
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NRSG 837: Nurse Midwifery in the Intrapartal and Postpartal Period Practicum (2)
Competencies for nurse-midwifery management according to national standards of practice for low risk healthy women during labor, birth and, postpartum are demonstrated. The development of a skill base for intrapartal emergencies is addressed. Nurse midwifery management practice provides experience in the role of care provider during normal labor and delivery postpartum and in collaboration, co-management, and referral when medically necessary. Corequisites: NRSG 836, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 838: Primary Care of Women Through the Lifespan Practicum (1-2)
This practicum centers on clinical competencies for the advanced practice nurse providing primary care and gynecologic management of women throughout the lifespan. Health promotion, complimentary therapies, and evidence-based models of health care delivery are incorporated in the care of women. Clinical management experiences in the advanced practice role include but are not limited to: family planning, gynecologic health, and primary care for women from adolescence through menopause. Clinical experiences will include collaboration, co-management, and/or referral when medically necessary. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 835, or consent of instructor. PRA
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NRSG 839: Global Perspectives and Diversity in Healthcare: Practicum (2)
Students will have the opportunity to integrate concepts and theories of global health and diversity by direct program planning, delivery, and evaluation of care activities with a vulnerable population. Students will partner with a community of interest to provide directed advanced nursing care and or leadership activities via individual/population/organizational assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Emphasis will be placed on building cultural competence with an understanding of the historical, social, political, and economic forces of health within a specific community setting or geographic area. The worldview of the individual/population/organization will be respected and integrated into all aspects of health care delivery. PREREQUISITE(S): NRSG 826 or consent of instructor. PRA
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NRSG 840: Care of Women Integration Practicum (4)
The theoretical, clinical and role components of care as delivered by the advanced practice student are implemented through an intensive supervised clinical practicum. Advanced professional clinical skills and evidence-based practice in the assessment, management and care of women and newborns are applied. The client system for this experience includes well women, childbearing women and may include neonates in a variety of environments. Emphasis is on increased independence and decision making embracing the function and scope of advanced practice of nurse-midwifery. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 842: Topics in Mental Health Nursing (1-5)
Investigation of special issues or problems relevant to selected client systems in mental health nursing. Prerequisites: One graduate clinical course in mental health nursing, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 844: Psychiatric Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice (2)
Advanced psychiatric assessment of children, adults, and the elderly will be covered including conducting caring and competent interviews in simulated situations. Assessment for psychiatric diagnosis including suicide and homicide potential, substance use, mood and anxiety disturbances, psychosis, and dementia are emphasized. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 810, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 845: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Short-Term Illness (3)
Short-term mental health problems (e.g., crises and grief reactions) and psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems) are discussed. Intervention frameworks such as behavioral, cognitive and crisis theories, and supporting outcome research are analyzed as they apply to individual, group, and family client systems across the life span. Focus is placed on environmental factors that relate to health promotion, disease prevention, symptom management, and behavior change. Professional issues that commonly occur in implementing the advanced practice role in psychiatric and mental health care are emphasized. Prerequisite: NRSG 748. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 754, NRSG 809, NRSG 810, NRSG 812, NRSG 844, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 846: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing I: Practicum (2)
The role of the psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse in developing short-term and episodic interventions with individuals, groups, and families is implemented. Students have opportunities to complete assessments, formulate diagnoses, and implement psychotherapy for culturally-diverse clients from different age groups. Theory and research-based nursing therapeutics and standards of practice are applied in an artful manner. Corequisite: NRSG 845. LEC
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NRSG 847: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Chronic Illness (3)
Individual, family, and group client systems of varying ages with chronic and complex alterations in mental health, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and dementia are the focus. Biobehavioral, including psychopharmacological interventions, rehabilitation, and psychoeducation frameworks are used in examining factors that contribute to alterations in functioning in the client system's internal and external environment. Likewise, these frameworks and research outcomes related to rehabilitation goals are considered in implementing the advanced practice role. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 748, NRSG 754, NRSG 810, NRSG 812, NRSG 813, NRSG 844, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 848: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Practicum (4)
Individual, family, and group client systems with chronic and complex alterations in psychological functioning are managed over time. Selected theoretical frameworks (such as biobehavioral, including psychopharmacological interventions, rehabilitation and psychoeducation) are used in examining factors in the client system's internal and external environment that contribute to alterations in psychological functioning. These frameworks as well as research outcomes and professional standards for psychiatric mental health clinical practice are used in implementing psychophysiological and psychoeducation interventions. Corequisites: NRSG 847, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 849: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Final Practicum (3-5)
The integration of the psychiatric mental health advanced practice nursing role is implemented. Students have opportunities to use diagnostic reasoning, psychotherapy, physiological interventions, interdisciplinary treatment plans, psychoeducation, consultation, referral, and research findings in the management and evaluation of culturally-diverse clients from different age groups. The client system for this preceptorship includes individuals, groups, and families. Emphasis is on prevention of illness, stabilization of the client system, minimization of complications, and promotion of optimal level of health through interdisciplinary collaboration. Prerequisites: NRSG 845, NRSG 847, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 850: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents (3)
This is an advanced course in child and adolescent development for those individuals who desire to gain greater knowledge and depth in the complex issues of mental health issues in children, adolescents and their families. Acute, short term mental health problems and ongoing psychiatric disorders whose onset are in childhood or adolescence are discussed. Developmental, biobehavioral, crisis theories, and psychoeducational frameworks and supporting outcome research are analyzed as they apply to children/adolescents/families who meet the criteria for specific psychiatric disorders or who are exhibiting high risk behaviors. Analysis of the impact of environmental factors that relate to health promotion, disease prevention, symptom management, and behavior change in this population will be examined. Professional values that include standards of practice, certification, cultural, legal and ethical issues regarding this population from the advanced practice role are emphasized. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program, NRSG 810, NRSG 812, NRSG 844, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 851: Psychopharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
Understanding of the neuron, neurotransmitter and receptor functioning as the basis for psychopharmacotherapy is emphasized in developing the knowledge for prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medications for clients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. The major classes of psychotherapeutic drugs, their mechanism of action, metabolism, interaction, adverse and side effects are discussed. Drug development is reviewed and ethical and legal issues involved in prescribing across the lifespan are covered. Knowledge is applied to case studies that include differentiating drugs, dosages and response to clients' internal environment, racial/ethnic background, and age. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 844 or equivalent; working knowledge of basic pharmacological principles of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. LEC
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NRSG 852: Topics in Pediatric Nursing (1-5)
Investigation of special problems of a selected client system (infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, or adolescents) in pediatric nursing. Prerequisites: One graduate clinical course in pediatric nursing, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 853: Abstraction and Modeling of Healthcare Information (3)
Includes 2 credit hour lecture and 1 credit hour practicum. The information system development life cycle process is presented with emphasis on determination and analysis of information system requirements and system design that meet the identified health care information requirements. Object-oriented techniques will be introduced, including Unified Modeling Language and Unified Modeling Methodology, to facilitate process analysis and design proposal development. Prerequisites: consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 854: Knowledge Management in Healthcare (3)
Includes 2 credit hour lecture and 1 credit hour practicum. Knowledge management is the creation, communication, and leveraging of a healthcare organization's knowledge assets. Defining knowledge, describing the knowledge creation cycle, and the identification of the knowledge worker and his/her impact on the organization are discussed. Information technology and communities of practice are presented in a balanced approach supporting a systematic viewpoint of the knowledge management process. Knowledge management theory is enhanced with the performance of a knowledge audit and the development of knowledge management tools. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 855: Topics in Health Informatics (3)
Investigation of current futuristic issues and trends relevant to healthcare informatics. Prerequisites: One graduate course in information, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 856: Health Informatics Practicum (1-3)
In collaboration with healthcare information faculty and preceptors, students design an experience to facilitate application of theories and research related to health care informatics. Emphasis is on the application of the information system development life cycle. Students analyze the leadership and technical behaviors of various informatics roles and negotiate an informatics project to be completed within the practicum. Prerequisites: All Common Core, Leadership Core, NRSG 853, NRSG 858. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 854, NRSG 855, NRSG 898, or consent of instructor. LEC
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NRSG 857: Transforming Health Care through Use of Information Systems and Technology (3)
Includes 2 credit hour lecture and 1 credit hour practicum. The application of the information system development life cycle in the design, selection, and implementation of health information technology applications will be examined. Human computer interactions and emerging technologies will be explored for their impact on patient care and safety. The role of legal, regulatory, ethical and security issues will be discussed as they apply to clinical and consumer information technologies. PREREQUISITE(S): Consent of Instructor. LEC
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NRSG 858: Health Data: Theory and Practice (3-4)
Includes 2 credit hour lecture and 1-2 credit hour practicum. Principles of database theory, modeling, design and manipulation will be introduced. Students will have experience using a relational database management system. Database manipulation will be explored using structured query language (SQL) to compose and execute query statements and critically evaluate the results. Prerequisites: None. LEC
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NRSG 859: Introduction to Health Informatics (2-3)
This course will provide an overview of health informatics focused on five themes: health informatics foundations; clinical decision support; human factors/organization factors; public health informatics and current issues in health informatics including best practices. Students enrolled for 3 credits will develop and demonstrate a practical, innovative small group information technology (IT) project from one of a set of faculty recommended projects or from a student-proposed idea. Prerequisites: none (previous or simultaneous enrollment in Health Data Theory and Practice is recommended). LEC
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NRSG 860: Health Care at The End of Life (3)
Complex issues that influence care for clients and their family systems at the time of and surrounding death provide the focus for this course. Contemporary attitudes surrounding death and dying as well as ethical, legal, cultural, social, and financial issues are examined. The needs of individuals and families surrounding death such as pain and symptom management, psycho-spiritual care, and bereavement are discussed in relation to contemporary causes of death. Collaborative role development with other members of the health care team surrounding care of the dying are explored. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate nursing program. LEC
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NRSG 861: Topics in Adult Nursing (1-5)
Investigation of special issues or problems relevant to a selected client system in Adult Nursing. Prerequisites: One graduate clinical course in Adult Nursing, or consent of the instructor. LEC
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NRSG 862: Adult/Gerontological Health Care I (3)
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide holistic care for the culturally-diverse adult in multiple care settings are emphasized. Clinical manifestations of patient response to selected problems of sensory, psychologic, neurologic, musculoskeletal, and dermatologic systems and infections are examined. Physical and multidimensional functional assessments are emphasized as a basis for establishing differential diagnoses and planning effective therapeutic interventions. Coordination of services and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team for comprehensive health care are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: NRSG 810. Prerequisites/Corequisites: NRSG 748, NRSG 809, NRSG 812, NRSG 813, or consent of instructor. Corequisites: NRSG 863 or NRSG 864. LEC
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NRSG 863: Adult/Gerontological Health Care I: Practicum - CNS (2)
Management of the primary, acute, and chronic health care needs of a culturally-diverse population of adults across the lifespan with specific system dysfunction are explored. Clinical practice will include multidisciplinary coordination of comprehensive, managed care. Consultative, patient education, quality improvement, and project development activities will be the major focuses. Corequisite: NRSG 862. LEC
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Principal courses offer introductions to the breadth of disciplines in the College. They acquaint students with the subject matter in an area, with the types of questions that are asked about that subject matter, with the knowledge that has been developed and is now basic to the area, and with the methods and standards by which claims to truth are judged.

Students must complete courses in topical groups in three major divisions (humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences). For the B.A., three courses are required from each division, with no more than one course from any topical group. The B.G.S. requires two courses from each division, with no more than one from any topical group. To fulfill the requirement, a course must be designated as a principal course according to the codes listed below.

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Humanities

  • HT: Historical studies
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